North-South Korea Talks Set as Kim Regime Restores Hotline

North and South Korea agreed to working-level discussions on reopening a jointly-run industrial zone in the latest sign of easing tensions after months of bellicose rhetoric.

South Korea agreed to the North’s offer of a meeting on June 9 and suggested the two sides gather at the Panmunjom border village at 10 a.m. to discuss the Gaeseong complex, a South Korean Unification Ministry official told reporters, asking not to be named per ministry policy. The two sides will resume communications tomorrow at 9 a.m., the ministry later said later in a text message.